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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Lewes District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
4,439 approved · 525 refused · 109 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 16 Jul 2018 to 5 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
26 Medway Gardens Burgess Hill East Sussex RH15 0XE
Received 9 May 2022Cuckmere House School Eastbourne Road Seaford East Sussex BN25 4BA
Received 25 Mar 202224 High Street Newick East Sussex BN8 4LQ
Received 8 Apr 202215 Hawth Crescent Seaford East Sussex BN25 2RR
Received 9 May 20225 Caroline Close Seaford East Sussex BN25 2UJ
Received 9 May 20222 Dairy Cottages Railway Lane Sheffield Park North Chailey East Sussex TN22 3QB
Received 9 May 202235 Telscombe Cliffs Way Telscombe Cliffs East Sussex BN10 7DX
Received 10 May 2022Ryhall South Road Plumpton Green East Sussex BN8 4EA
Received 4 May 202241 High Hurst Close Newick East Sussex BN8 4NJ
Received 11 Apr 20228 The Pagets Newick East Sussex BN8 4PW
Received 11 Apr 2022Land Adjacent To The Den Station Road Plumpton Green East Sussex BN7 3BU
Received 11 May 2022Unit 2 The Hub 3 Drove Road Newhaven East Sussex BN9 0AD
Received 11 May 20223 Homefield Road Seaford East Sussex BN25 3DG
Received 11 May 20223 Homefield Road Seaford East Sussex BN25 3DG
Received 11 May 2022The Cheyney Field Lewes Road Ringmer East Sussex
Received 10 May 2022Bishopstone Railway Station Station Road Seaford East Sussex BN25 2RB
Received 12 May 2022Bishopstone Railway Station Station Road Seaford East Sussex BN25 2RB
Received 12 May 202232 Second Avenue Newhaven East Sussex BN9 9HP
Received 7 May 202238 Vernon Avenue Peacehaven East Sussex BN10 8RT
Received 12 May 202267 Saltwood Road Seaford East Sussex BN25 3SS
Received 13 May 202229 Neville Road Peacehaven East Sussex BN10 8PE
Received 13 May 2022Willow Lodge Mill Lane East Chiltington East Sussex BN8 4PY
Received 26 Apr 202236 Cairo Avenue Peacehaven East Sussex BN10 7PX
Received 12 May 202221 Grosvenor Road Seaford East Sussex BN25 2BT
Received 13 May 2022Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Lewes District Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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